Carpenter&#39;s tool



Aug. 29, 1939. Y CARR 2,170,986

CARPENTER '5 TOOL OI iginal Filed Sept. 13, 1937 Inventor,

372'. ('6 Al, (d/"r- Attorneys Patented Aug. 29, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARPENTERS TOOL Brice Martin Carr, Lebanon, T'enn.

Application September 13, 1937, Serial No. 163,653 Renewed January 17, 1939 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a carpenters tool, the general object of the invention being to provide a pair of elongated members having heads at one end which are pivotally and slidably connected together, with means for holding the parts in adjusted position.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the two mem bers in one position;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the two members in parallel position.

Figure 3 is a view showing the members in diverging position and spread farther apart than in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

As shown in this drawing, the device comprises a pair of leg members I each of which has a head 2 which is of substantially oval shape and extends at a right angle to the leg and each head has its inner face flat and its outer face is formed with a countersink 2. Each head is also formed with a slot 3 which extends lengthwise of the head and opens out into the countersink and a bolt 4 passes through the two slots for pivotally and slidably connecting the two heads together. As will be seen the head and the nut of the bolt fits in the two countersinks.

A long bolt 5 passing through the two legs adjacent the head, the bolt, passing loosely through the legs so that they can be tilted to the position shown in Figures 1 and 3. A lock nut 6 is placed on the bolt 5 between the legs and a washer l and a wing nut 8 is placed on the outer end of the bolt.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the two heads can slide on each other so that the space between the legs can be increased or decreased and the parts can pivot on the bolt 4 so that the legs can be made divergent as shown in Figures 1 and 3 as well as placed in a parallel position as shown in Figure 2. The device straddles a board so that it can be marked with a line showing where the cut is to come or the device itself can be used as a guide for the saw.

This device can be used on a baseboard, weatherboarding or siding and the like.

Each leg has a marker pinv or pointedmember 9 projecting from its free end.

Having described the claimed as new is:

invention, what is A tool of the class described comprising a pair of straight legs each having a right angularly related head provided with a slot therein extending at a right angle to the leg, said heads being opposed in side-by-side oppositely extending relation, a bolt extending through said slots and having a nut thereon whereby said legs are secured together for relative pivotal movement and for relative lateral adjustment independently of pivotal movement, and a screw extending loosely through said legs intermediate the ends thereof and having a wing nut on one end thereof whereby pivotal vmovement of said legs may be eiiected inwardly, said screw having a lock nut threaded thereon intermediate said legs settable into difierent positions to limit inward movement of one leg relative to the other in selective degrees.

BRICE MARTIN CARR. 

